Definitions

As used in Sections 14-307-1 to 14-307-8, inclusive, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his designee; (2) \"DMV\" means the Department of Motor Vehicles; (3) \"Market value\" means the average trade-in value, appearing in the current month's issue of the N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide, Eastern Edition; (4) \"Motor vehicle\" or \"vehicle\" means a motor vehicle as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes; (5) \"Police officer\" means any officer attached to an organized police department or a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety; (6) \"Storage facility\" means a registered place of storage for motor vehicles for which a schedule of storage charges has been filed by a tower, in accordance with section 14-66 of the general statutes; (7) \"Tower\" means a person, firm or corporation licensed as a dealer or repairer and engaged in the business of towing or transporting motor vehicles for compensation, as provided in accordance with section 14-66 of the general statutes.